Rosanne
For in and out, above, about, below,
‘Tis nothing but a magic show,
Play’d in a box whose Candle is the Sun,
Round which we Phantom Figures come and go.
(Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam)
When using the Thoth for meditation and spiritual growth, I use all the tools I can, which of course includes the Book of Thoth. How I feel about the cards, is first and foremost visually. From this I go on a road trip to sense the card‘s message to me. This includes all sensations- the work itself in style, the time in when it was created, the music I hear within, the poetry it inspires along with bits and bobs that float in and out in others words and images on the same subject.
This card was not picked- It fell out the box. So the air chose it. So put on Violet 19 or your sunshine music and take a small road trip.
The Sun
This yellow gold on the card seems to throb and pulse when I look at it. It is the shape of a scarab and brings to mind the land of Egypt. The rays flow outward off the card toward me and around me. It looks like a piece of Art Deco jewelry with a naval. Why does it pulse? Astronomy tells me of the sun, it is a sphere of gas heated by a nuclear furnace where hydrogen is fused to helium; the fusion releases huge amounts of energy. It is stable because gravity balances the outward push of energy. So those forces seem to make the Sun pulse and the artist caught that action. This balance is why I am here- the Sun sustains life. So the naval effect shows I was born from this Sun. It has many names throughout the world, but it is seen as a masculine principle (except here in New Zealand for one- it is seen as Feminine- life giving). There are many Sun symbols- one which is a radiant face and that takes my thoughts to the the Hebrew word Resh which is actually a letter meaning the Head- the front of the head to be exact. If you stand back and look at the card the green hill or mound of Nun appears to be a mouth and the core of the Sun -a single eye. Out of the Mouth is dancing two young people which again show two forces- these are not in opposition like within the Sun. This again reinforces that I born out of the Sun and the Sun nurtures me. Around the Sun is the zodiac and I can see three signs clearly- Gemini/Cancer/Leo. There appears to be a central path or flow that the figures are standing on and I recall that the Sun is on path on the Tree of Life between to spheres or sepiroth called Splendour and Foundation again speaking of the connection between Life Giver the Sun and myself. In Alchemy the sun is the Intellect. In Egypt the rising Sun is called Horus and my right Eye is also the Sun. In India the Sun is the World Door where I enter to knowledge and immortality and Plato reckoned spoke of nourishment and growth. All these things seem present on the card. Sacred Geometry is also present. The simple forms of circle, a rounded triangle and the square of the design manifest creation. The time of the Artist was Art Deco which included Cubism. It is a decorative style that eclectically borrowed from many places and was considered the advance guard of streamlined modernism- because of the thrill of Air travel. Cubism is seen as looking at the subject from every possibly angle, the artist will piece together fragments from different vantage points into one painting. Both these styles seem so appropriate for modern Tarot.
So when I put all these disparate yet somehow cohesive thoughts together- what do I get?
I see where I came from- where I will go back, but I identify with here and now. I will ascend.
In the words of Shakespeare (and who can beat him)
“The Glorious Sun
Stays in his course and plays the alchemist,
Turning with Splendour of his precious eye
The meager cloddy earth to glittering gold.” (Me…A Star liberated and free…nearly self realised)
Please please free to comment on this multi- approach to the Thoth.
~Rosanne
The deck is my specifically printed deck from my own copy.
‘Tis nothing but a magic show,
Play’d in a box whose Candle is the Sun,
Round which we Phantom Figures come and go.
(Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam)
When using the Thoth for meditation and spiritual growth, I use all the tools I can, which of course includes the Book of Thoth. How I feel about the cards, is first and foremost visually. From this I go on a road trip to sense the card‘s message to me. This includes all sensations- the work itself in style, the time in when it was created, the music I hear within, the poetry it inspires along with bits and bobs that float in and out in others words and images on the same subject.
This card was not picked- It fell out the box. So the air chose it. So put on Violet 19 or your sunshine music and take a small road trip.
The Sun
This yellow gold on the card seems to throb and pulse when I look at it. It is the shape of a scarab and brings to mind the land of Egypt. The rays flow outward off the card toward me and around me. It looks like a piece of Art Deco jewelry with a naval. Why does it pulse? Astronomy tells me of the sun, it is a sphere of gas heated by a nuclear furnace where hydrogen is fused to helium; the fusion releases huge amounts of energy. It is stable because gravity balances the outward push of energy. So those forces seem to make the Sun pulse and the artist caught that action. This balance is why I am here- the Sun sustains life. So the naval effect shows I was born from this Sun. It has many names throughout the world, but it is seen as a masculine principle (except here in New Zealand for one- it is seen as Feminine- life giving). There are many Sun symbols- one which is a radiant face and that takes my thoughts to the the Hebrew word Resh which is actually a letter meaning the Head- the front of the head to be exact. If you stand back and look at the card the green hill or mound of Nun appears to be a mouth and the core of the Sun -a single eye. Out of the Mouth is dancing two young people which again show two forces- these are not in opposition like within the Sun. This again reinforces that I born out of the Sun and the Sun nurtures me. Around the Sun is the zodiac and I can see three signs clearly- Gemini/Cancer/Leo. There appears to be a central path or flow that the figures are standing on and I recall that the Sun is on path on the Tree of Life between to spheres or sepiroth called Splendour and Foundation again speaking of the connection between Life Giver the Sun and myself. In Alchemy the sun is the Intellect. In Egypt the rising Sun is called Horus and my right Eye is also the Sun. In India the Sun is the World Door where I enter to knowledge and immortality and Plato reckoned spoke of nourishment and growth. All these things seem present on the card. Sacred Geometry is also present. The simple forms of circle, a rounded triangle and the square of the design manifest creation. The time of the Artist was Art Deco which included Cubism. It is a decorative style that eclectically borrowed from many places and was considered the advance guard of streamlined modernism- because of the thrill of Air travel. Cubism is seen as looking at the subject from every possibly angle, the artist will piece together fragments from different vantage points into one painting. Both these styles seem so appropriate for modern Tarot.
So when I put all these disparate yet somehow cohesive thoughts together- what do I get?
I see where I came from- where I will go back, but I identify with here and now. I will ascend.
In the words of Shakespeare (and who can beat him)
“The Glorious Sun
Stays in his course and plays the alchemist,
Turning with Splendour of his precious eye
The meager cloddy earth to glittering gold.” (Me…A Star liberated and free…nearly self realised)
Please please free to comment on this multi- approach to the Thoth.
~Rosanne
The deck is my specifically printed deck from my own copy.
